robbiez666
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Yeah that's a very solid point about the TV/Prem money, I'm still hoping we've got more than a handful of coppers to spend, because if the club really are planning to bring in that many players with less than £3m then it's going to be a case of a scattering of mediocrity across the whole team, rather than the targeted investment we need in the attacking midfield role.
If it weren't for the Jokanovic Experiment at the start of last season we'd have probably got automatics and would have coasted in to the playoffs...so I think we only need 3/4 players realistically.
First team quality replacement for MGW (which I'd suggest Twine could be)
Fringe player/Bencher to replace Hourihane (Coulibaly surely cannot be worse than someone we'd get on a free from L1/L2)
And then a couple of squad-fillers to help us through any potential injury crises, and we should be okay.
Not saying its going to happen, not saying its the only way to do things, just saying that I personally would prefer the club to spend £3m on someone like Twine, instead of spending it on 6 x £500k players, plus all their respective wages.
The squad/team is basically there imo. It's like a cake that's been baked and just needs the icing on the top replacing, now that MGW has taken his magic marzipan home with him
Based on what we have at the end of last season.
We need:
2 x GK
1-2 x CB
1-2 CM (Berge dependent)
1 x AM
At bare minimum. The two keepers might be Davies and Eastwood but they'll both likely involve a sign-on fee. How many others depend on how close some of the kids are.
I disagree about free transfers. There are lots of good free transfers out there. WBA have signed one of the best midfielders in the league for free. Bristol City have made 3 decent free (ish) signings.
We don't necessarily need to spend a lot of money on fees. Wages, more so. We do need to bring in more permanent signings though, but worth remembering we paid £0 for Fleck, Basham, Duffy, Jake Wright, McGoldrick and Stevens. Minimal fees for Lunny and Baldock